Curtain threader



July 25, 1933. R. w. WINBERG I CURTAIN THREADER Filed July 3, 1930 EYGMY 'WMMBERG WIT as:

Patented July 25, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAGNAR WILLIAM WINIBERG, OF EAST ELMHURST, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK CURTAIN THREADER Application filed July 3, 1930. Serial No. 465,732.

This invention relates to curtain rod guides and has for its object the provision of a device of this character which may be placed upon the end of a curtain rod when a curtain is being threaded thereon and which will eliminate any possibility of tearing the curtain or pulling the hem of a new or freshly laundered curtain.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be simply and inexpensively constructed from a single piece of sheet metal and which will protect a delicate curtain against being torn by the end of the usual hollow curtain rod with its sharp edges, when said curtain is beingthreaded theron, as Well as guide the movement of the end of the rod more quickly through the hem in said curtain, the device being particularly desirable when a large number of curtains are to be threaded at one time, or when'speed is an important factor.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter specifically pointed out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

With the above indicated objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangement of parts, clearly described in the following-"specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which latter show embodiments of the invention as at present preferred.

In said drawing:

Fig.1 is a perspective view of the device placed on a curtain rod, and showing a cutaway portion of the hem on the curtain.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device showing in broken lines the spring clip which secures the device to the rod.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the device.

r Fig. 5 is a plan View of the metal blank from which the device is formed.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout said drawing.

Referring now more particularly to said dranving, the embodiment is preferably stamped from a single piece of brass or other sheet metal andcomprises side portions 10 and 11 with tapering ends 10' and 11 and a spring clip portion 12, integral with one of said side portions, said clip portion having acoextensive tongue portion 13 on the end thereof which engages one side of a standard curtain rod 14, securing the device to said rod when the curtain is being placed thereon.

The clip portion of the blank is preferably tempered to give it the desired clamping action and is bent inwardly at 12 as seen in Fig. 3, after which the blank is bent to the position indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. Curved corners 15 as well as a curved head portion 16 are provided in order that the device may pass through the curtain more readily and with less chance of damaging the curtain. The edges 17 of the metal blank may then be secured together by means of welging, soldering or mere crimping, if desire When a curtain 18 with a hem 19 is to be threaded with a standard curtain rod 14 the device is placed upon the end of the rod and is held in place by means of the ton A e portion of the spring clip. ,The rod is t on run through the hem of the curtain and the device is then easily slipped off.

The device may be constructed in different sizes and shapes to fit the various sizes and shapes of standard curtain rods. The tongue 13 formed as the extremity of the clip portion is of materially greater width than the clip portion and thus when the device is attached to a curtain rod, the tongue has amuch greater area of contact with the 1atter than were it merely the width of the clip portion. By reason of this construction, a relatively narrow clip serves as the single means for maintaining a comparatively great surface area in frictional engagement with the rod and the tongue being. bent inwardly fromthe open end of the device, there are no openings on the exterior surface of the latter to impinge on the goods of the curtain when the device is used for the insertion of a rod in the hem.

The hereinbefore described construction admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention; therefore, it

is the wish not to be limited to the precise pocket to receive one end of a curtain rod,

and-terminal contacting portions at one end of said body for guiding said curtain rod between the opposed walls of a curtain hem, and a resilient strip of metal integral with .the opposite end of one-of said portions and bent inwardly from the rear edge thereof into said pocket, said resilient strip terminating in a tongue extending laterally beond its side edges to'provide a frictional aring member for contact with a received curtain rod over a comparatively great surface area of the latter.

RAGNAR WILLIAM WINBERG. 

